Julián Benitez

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Technical Lead / Software EngineerBuenos Aires, Argentina

JuliánBenitez

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I'm Julián, a Technical Lead and Software Engineer based in Buenos Aires. At AlixPartners I set technical direction and stay close to architecture, implementation and review. Agala is the nickname I use online. Agala Labs is where I build and operate my own software.

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How I work

I lead by building.

I lead multidisciplinary teams at AlixPartners, working across Argentina, the US and Europe. I stay involved in architecture, implementation and review, and help engineers work through technical decisions.

  1. Technical directionI turn product requirements into architecture decisions and delivery plans the team can work from.
  2. Team & craftI mentor engineers, review code and co-lead the Frontend Guild, building shared interface patterns and engineering practices.
  3. Delivery & operationsI stay involved through implementation and production, and automate recurring delivery and support work.

AI in the loop

AI in my engineering workflow.

I use coding agents to explore systems, plan changes and implement them. For complex work, I separate planning, implementation and review, with explicit decisions and executable checks between stages.

  1. Plan

    Start from the codebase and product constraints. Resolve open decisions and define a bounded change.

  2. Implement

    Give the implementation agent a clear task, relevant context and acceptance criteria.

  3. Review & verify

    Review the diff separately, run checks and inspect the result before shipping.

Current tooling

My everyday tools.

What I use to write, navigate and review code.

AI-assisted developmentCodex
Exploring codebases, implementing changes and reviewing the result.
EditorNeovim
Editing and navigating code, with a LazyVim setup.
TerminalKitty
My terminal, with tmux handling windows and panes.
Gitlazygit
Reviewing diffs, staging changes and working with branches.

Software platform

Agala Labs.

The technical home for my applications, shared services, UI library, infrastructure and this portfolio.

Nuxt applications. Go services. My own operating layer.

The applications are built in Nuxt. Shared capabilities live in Go microservices, with PostgreSQL underneath and a standardized path to production. The products do not need to share the same backend shape.

This portfolio is part of Agala Labs too. Building the whole setup has been one of my favorite technical challenges. I like owning the path from UI components and service boundaries to servers and releases, then making that path reusable for whatever I build next.

Applications Nuxt · Vue · TypeScript
Nuxt applications handle the web experience. Each product keeps the backend architecture its domain requires.
UI library @agala-labs/ui · Vue 3 · TypeScript
Shared components cover forms, navigation, overlays, data display and layout, with one semantic token system across applications.
Shared services Go · HTTP APIs
Capabilities that belong outside a product live in focused Go microservices with explicit HTTP boundaries.
Data PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL provides the persistent data layer for product data and shared services.
Infrastructure Linux · Docker · OpenTofu
Servers and workloads are defined as part of the platform instead of being configured as one-off environments.
Delivery Ansible · Woodpecker CI
Shared pipelines and deployment playbooks give every new application or service a known, repeatable route to production.
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Contact

Let’s talk.

julian@benitez.com.ar

© 2026 Julián BenitezPart ofAgala LabsBuenos Aires, Argentina